More than a dance dynamo.

Haileybury students are connected to their community and are always looking for ways to best serve them. Like Braya, who aside from having a strong love for dance and music — leading the School’s Pipes and Drums band — loves the fact she can help train Guide Dogs as part of her ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� goodness beyond the school grounds.

Innovation is the name of the game for Victoria’s independent schools. Lockdowns might be an increasingly distant memory, but new disruptions, such as the explosion of interest in artificial intelligence (AI), are taking hold.

The sudden arrival of ChatGPT is just one example of our constantly changing education environment. To set students up for success, schools are not just teaching students how to use technology but emphasising skills and attributes such as collaboration, creativity, innovative thinking and a love of lifelong learning. Some have overhauled their approach to teaching entirely.

The cohort of students starting – and continuing – their schooling journey in 2023 will be finding that schools are eager to bring the real world into the classroom. Whether by partnering with entrepreneurs or teaching STEM skills through a sustainability lens, educators are recognising the power of students applying their learning to their own lives. The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, designed to foster student curiosity and agency in the junior years, is another example.

This edition of Domain’s Independent Schools Guide explores how schools are empowering students not just to survive but thrive in a world of constant change. As our cover story reveals, these are not only exciting times for educators; they’re exciting times for the students they’re equipping for the future.

Cover Story

Academy of Mary Immaculate Ave Maria College

Camberwell Girls Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School

Online learning revolution

Geelong Grammar School

Haileybury

Haileybury Pangea – Online School

Melbourne Girls Grammar

Fostering lifelong learning

Methodist Ladies’ College

Peninsula Grammar

Presbyterian Ladies’ College

Entrepreneurship

STEM and sustainability

Sacré C

Santa Maria College

St Aloysius

Toorak College

Westbourne Grammar School

EDITOR \ ANDERS FURZE

SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER, EDUCATION \ KIMBERLY BARRY

EDUCATION ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE \ JESSIE RABAHI

SCHOOL PROFILES WRITER \ SARAH MARINOS

PRODUCTION & EDITORIAL \ MEDIAXPRESS

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From the heart of Melbourne’s west to world ready explorers

SHAPING LEARNERS WHO INSPIRE THE WORLD